Church of the Open Door
Elyria, Ohio
"Leading People in the Adventure of Becoming Like Christ"
Church of the Open Door runs five campuses across northeast Ohio, an online campus, and a location in the Dominican Republic. Their core values — Love God, Love People, Live Surrendered — shape everything from Sunday mornings to a growing special needs ministry. They needed a site that could hold all of it without feeling scattered.
Location
Elyria, Ohio
Denomination
Non-denominational
Service Times
Sundays at 9 AM & 11 AM (varies by campus)
Website Type
Custom Design & Build
A website where everyone belongs.
Five campuses, two countries, a special needs ministry, dual podcasts, and a discipleship pathway that goes deeper than most churches dare to map out publicly. Open Door's site had to hold all of it — and still make a first-time visitor feel like they know exactly where to start.
Multi-Campus Hub
Elyria, Avon Lake, Vermilion, Lorain, and the Dominican Republic — each campus with its own address, service times, and pastor. Plus an online campus for anyone, anywhere.
Sermon Archive & Livestream
Hundreds of past messages searchable by speaker, series, topic, and scripture — plus live services on Sundays streaming simultaneously on their site, YouTube, and Facebook.
Dual Podcasts
Not one, but two podcasts — "Sermons" for Sunday messages and "Cutting Room Floor" for deeper dives into scripture that go beyond what fits in a Sunday slot. Available on iTunes and Spotify.
Special Needs Ministry
A dedicated page for their special needs ministry — currently expanding across all five campuses. It's the kind of feature most church sites skip entirely. Open Door made it a priority.
LifeGroups & Discipleship Path
LifeGroups meet weekly or biweekly for food, prayer, and Bible discussion. And the Next Steps page maps out a clear discipleship journey — daily devotionals, classes, servant profile assessments — so people always know what comes next.
Global Outreach
Local, domestic, and global missions aren't buried in a footer link. They're part of the site's main navigation under "Connect" — with a dedicated campus in the Dominican Republic as proof they mean it.
Built for a church that never stops growing.
From northeast Ohio to the Dominican Republic, every design decision was made to support a church that keeps opening doors — literally.
Video hero
Autoplay background video with a still-image fallback for slower connections
Blue-teal palette
Clean blue tones with Poppins and Open Sans typography — professional without being cold
Clear discipleship nav
"Next Steps" in the main menu walks people from curious to committed in a logical sequence
Multi-platform streaming
Live services available on their site, YouTube, and Facebook — meeting people wherever they already are
WordPress CMS
Their team manages sermons, events, campus details, podcasts, and ministry content independently
Your church deserves a website that works this hard.
Custom sites start with a conversation. Tailored sites start at $97/mo. Either way, you'll leave the call knowing exactly what your church needs — no pressure, no pitch.
